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Friday, April 23, 2010

Off-Stage Fright Haiku

Haiku FridayA face in the crowd,
one of hundreds, tilted up
in rapt attention.

As they shuffle out,
I weave my way to the front
and wait, shakily.

I want to say... be...
something special, but I squeak,
"Thanks," and disappear.

3 comments:

  1. Oh, I totally get this. I don't know what your situation was, but I felt like this last fall when my former on-line writing teacher (and acclaimed novelist) was in town doing a reading. I FINALLY had a chance to meet her and I just felt so intimidated...I went up to her and said, "I'm so nervous!" (and she phooey'ed me with a wave of her hand ;-))
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  2. Aww, I love this! You are something special.
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